Analysis for Spadea-Montanes (Houston)

Head-to-head record 0:0

Vincent Spadea, the American veteran will face Albert Montanes, the clay specialist from Spain, in today´s quarterfinals. Vinnie is far from being even average claycourter and his record on this surface is horrible. In fact, he played only a few matches on clay within the past few years and his only wins were with the American plyers who are palying mainly on Challenger tour and don´t prefer this surface as well (such as Young, Widom or Russel). On the other hand, Spaniard is a pure claycourter. The reason why he can play on slow surfaces is his good movement on a baseline. He is accustomed to the green clay as well, as he played exhibition in Houston last week and he managed to reach quarterfinals there. The odds aren´t extraordinary but still acceptable, as Montanes is just a better claycourter.

Result: 4:6, 4:6 - Wager won